Exam question 2 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and…

In the context of the narrative, what was the intended destination of Jurgen upon his departure from the district?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, Jurgen · What happens: intend, be, depart · To what, where: intended destination, district

This is exam question 2 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 context	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 context	det
3	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 narrative	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 context	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 destination	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 destination	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 destination	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 destination	det
11	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 destination	amod
12	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 narrative	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Jurgen	case
14	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 destination	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 departure	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 departure	nmod:poss
17	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 destination	nmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 district	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 district	det
20	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 departure	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 context	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	intend	participle					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the narrative	the intended destination		of Jurgen; upon Jurgen's departure from the district	tree rules
3	depart		Jurgen		the district		nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

the town of Ringkjobing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Ringkjobing	case
4	Ringkjobing	Ringkjobing	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 town	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

the fishing hut by the cliffs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hut	det
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hut	compound
3	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 cliffs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cliffs	det
6	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hut	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the eel-breeder's dwelling at Fjaltring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 breeder	det
2	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breeder	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 eel	punct
4	breeder	breeder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dwelling	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dwelling	aux
6	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Fjaltring	case
8	Fjaltring	Fjaltring	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present · progressive	the eel breeder			Fjaltring			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at fjaltring=Location

Option 4

the parish church at Bovbjerg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 church	det
2	parish	parish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 church	compound
3	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Bovbjerg	case
5	Bovbjerg	Bovbjerg	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 church	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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